AA CONSULTRADE LTD
🌳Matureactive
07274588 · ltd · incorporated 2010-06-07
Investment thesis
Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.
Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.
Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 46120
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 83-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 83). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).
Data confidence
Overall: medium (77/100)Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.
Company profile
address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
4 officers (3 active, 4 linked, 3 with DOB)
85
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
45 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
79/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-03-31 | 2024-03-31 |
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Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
🔒Filing-note intelligence
2 signals detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
1
filing
- • 1 persons-with-significant-control
Last 90 days
1
filing
- • 1 persons-with-significant-control
Last 180 days
1
filing
- • 1 persons-with-significant-control
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (21 events)Click to expand
- 2026-05-12📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2025-06-13📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-06-11📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-06-15📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-06-17📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-06-24📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2021-06-07📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-07-21📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-05-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2018-06-08📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2017-08-15📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2017-08-15📄change-person-secretary-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH03
- 2017-08-15📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2017-08-15📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2017-08-06➕BARIOLA, Italo appointeddirector
- 2017-06-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2015-03-31➖BARIOLA, Italo resigneddirector
- 2014-07-01➕DA SILVA, Maria Da Conceicao appointeddirector
- 2012-05-18➕DA SILVA, Maria Da Conceicao appointedsecretary
- 2010-06-07🏢Company incorporatedAs AA CONSULTRADE LTD
- 2010-06-07➕BARIOLA, Italo appointeddirector
Owner dependency
73/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.
FACTORS
- +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 83 — succession pressure is live.
Succession & seller-readiness
81/100
Likely off-market candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 83 years old. Natural succession window is now.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 16 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.
- supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.
Red flags
cleanNo red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)
Shareholders & ownership
1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
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Mrs Maria Da Conceicao Da Silva Individual · Brazilian · DOB 04/1956 · age 70 | 75–100% | 75–100% | board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control | 06/04/2016 |
1 historic (ceased) PSC
- Mr Italo Bariolaceased 21/06/2021· significant influence
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2010-06-07
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC46120 — SIC 46120
Registered office
2nd Floor
164 New Cavendish Street
London
Greater London
W1W 6YT
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-06-07
Last: 2025-05-24
Officers (3 active · 1 resigned)
DA SILVA, Maria Da Conceicao→
Activesecretary · appointed 2012-05-18
View their other companies + combined net worth →
BARIOLA, Italo→
Activedirector · ~83y · appointed 2017-08-06
View their other companies + combined net worth →
DA SILVA, Maria Da Conceicao→
Activedirector · ~70y · appointed 2014-07-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
BARIOLA, Italo→
Resigneddirector · ~83y · appointed 2010-06-07 · resigned 2015-03-31
Click a director name to see their full track record across all companies.
Recent filings (45 total)
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-05-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-06-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-06-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-09-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-06-15
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-09-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-07-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-06-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-08-02
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2021-06-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-06-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-08-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-07-21